54 Notable alumni of
Nottingham Trent University
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Nottingham Trent University is 915th in the world, 323rd in Europe, and 63rd in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 54 notable alumni from Nottingham Trent University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Varun Dhawan
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- modelfilm actor
- Biography
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Varun Dhawan is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. One of India's highest-paid actors, he has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list in the 2010s. He starred in 11 consecutive box-office successes between 2012 and 2018.
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Matt Berry
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- television producerscreenwritermusicianfilm actorcomedian
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Matthew Charles Berry is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He has appeared in comedy television roles in The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Snuff Box, What We Do in the Shadows, Krapopolis, and Toast of London, the last of which he also co-created. The series earned him the 2015 BAFTA Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme. As a musician, he has released eleven studio albums.
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Paul Kaye
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- television actorstage actoractorcomedian
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Paul Kaye is an English comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Thoros of Myr in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2013–17). He started as shock interviewer Dennis Pennis on The Sunday Show (1995–97). His other TV roles include Mike Strutter in the MTV series Strutter (2006–2007), Vince the fox in the BBC black comedy series Mongrels (2010–2011), Vinculus in the BBC fantasy mini-series Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015), Psychiatrist in the Netflix comedy series After Life (2019–20), Malcolm Donahue in the ITV crime drama Vera (2019–23), and Patrick Katz in the Netflix thriller mini-series The Stranger (2020).
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Jonathan Glazer
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- screenwriterwriterfilm directordirector
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Jonathan Glazer is an English film director and screenwriter. He began his career in theatre before transitioning into film, directing the features Sexy Beast (2000), Birth (2004), Under the Skin (2013), and The Zone of Interest (2023). Glazer accepted the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film on behalf of the United Kingdom for The Zone of Interest.
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Chuka Umunna
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- writerpoliticianlawyer
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Chuka Harrison Umunna // is a British businessman and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. He left Labour in February 2019, when he resigned to form The Independent Group, later Change UK, along with six other MPs. Later in 2019, he left Change UK and, after a short time as an independent MP, joined the Liberal Democrats. In the 2019 general election, he failed to be re-elected, and did not return to the House of Commons.
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Shane Meadows
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- actorscreenwriterdirectorfilm directorfilm editor
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Shane Meadows is an English director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film This Is England (2006) and its three sequels (2010–2015).
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Richard Bacon
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- television producerfilm criticjournalisttelevision presenter
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Richard Paul Bacon is an English television, radio presenter television producer. He has worked on television shows including Blue Peter, The Big Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, and on radio stations including Capital FM, Xfm London and BBC Radio Five Live. In 2016, Bacon became the presenter of The National Geographic Channel's reboot of its documentary and panel discussion TV series, Explorer.
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Steve Hogarth
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- composersongwriterguitaristsinger
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Steve Hogarth, also known as "h", is an English musician. Since 1989, he has been the lead singer of the rock band Marillion, for which he also performs additional keyboards and guitar. Hogarth was formerly a keyboard player and co-lead vocalist with the Europeans and vocalist with How We Live. AllMusic has described Hogarth as having a "unique, expressive voice" with "flexible range and beautiful phrasing".
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Anne Marie Waters
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- conspiracy theoristpolitician
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Anne Marie Dorothy Waters is a far-right politician and activist in the United Kingdom. She founded and led the anti-Islam party For Britain until its dissolution in 2022. She is also the director of Sharia Watch UK, an organisation launched in April 2014. In January 2016, Waters launched Pegida UK in conjunction with activist Tommy Robinson and far-right politician Paul Weston.
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Ben Bradley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Benjamin David Bradley is a British Conservative Party politician who formerly served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mansfield, Nottinghamshire from 2017 to 2024.
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Laura Knight
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- draftspersongraphic artistprintmakerpainterautobiographer
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Dame Laura Knight DBE RA RWS was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced English Impressionism. In her long career, Knight was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain. Her success in the male-dominated British art establishment paved the way for greater status and recognition for female artists.
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Hazel Blears
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hazel Anne Blears is a British former Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) successively for the constituencies of Salford and Salford and Eccles between 1997 and 2015.
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Alyn Smith
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- lawyerpolitician
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Alyn Edward Smith is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 2019 until 2024 when he unsuccessfully stood for the Stirling and Strathallan seat. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland from 2004 to 2019. He has been serving as SNP Spokesperson for Europe and EU Accession since December 2022.
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Brendan Clarke-Smith
- Occupations
- politician
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Brendan Clarke-Smith is a former British politician and teacher. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bassetlaw from 2019 to 2024. He served under Rishi Sunak as a deputy chairman of the Conservative Party from November 2023 to January 2024, under Liz Truss as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from September and October 2022, and under Boris Johnson as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister without Portfolio and Minister of State from February 2022 to July 2022, and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from July to September 2022.
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Nick Easter
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Nicholas James Easter is an English rugby union coach and former player. He played as a Number 8 for Orrell, Harlequins and the England national team.
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Richard Hope
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- actortelevision actor
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Richard Hope is a British actor who gained recognition from Brideshead Revisited as the doltish junior officer, Hooper, under Jeremy Irons' charge. He is best known for playing Harris Pascoe in the UK TV drama Poldark. His theatre career includes portraying Pierre Bezukhov in War and Peace at the Royal National Theatre and having starred as Levin in an adaptation of Anna Karenina by Helen Edmundson. In 2015, he played Hector in The History Boys. In 2018–2019, he starred in the West End production The Woman in Black as Arthur Kipps.
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Vernon Coaker
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- politician
- Biography
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Vernon Rodney Coaker, Baron Coaker is a British politician and life peer serving as Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gedling from 1997 to 2019.
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Sir Roger Carr
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- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Sir Roger Martyn Carr is a British businessman. He was chairman of BAE Systems until May 2023.
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Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
- Occupations
- association football player
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Courtney Alexandra Sweetman-Kirk is an English footballer who plays as a forward, most recently for Sheffield United in the FA Women's Championship. She has also previously played for FA WSL clubs Liverpool, Everton, Notts County and Lincoln as well as Coventry City and Leicester City in the FA Women's Premier League. Sweetman-Kirk has represented England at under-23 level.
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Scout Niblett
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- guitaristmusiciansingerastrologersongwriter
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Emma Louise Niblett, better known by the stage name Scout Niblett, is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Niblett debuted in 2001 with her first full-length studio album Sweet Heart Fever, and has gone on to release five more studio albums. In 2013, Niblett released her sixth studio album, It's Up to Emma, which she mixed and produced.
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Keith Albarn
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- artistarchitect
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Keith Albarn was an English artist. He was the father of musician Damon Albarn and artist Jessica Albarn.
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Wilson Or
- Enrolled in Nottingham Trent University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wilson Or Chong-shing, MH is a Hong Kong politician. He is an executive committee member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing party. He is a member of Kwun Tong District Council, having represented Kwong Tak since 2000.
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Penny Coomes
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- ice dancer
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Penny Coomes is a former English competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain. With partner Nicholas Buckland, she is the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships bronze medalist and has won six other international medals. They are also five-time British national champions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018), and have competed three times at the Winter Olympics, in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
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Matthew Offord
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- politician
- Biography
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Matthew James Offord FRGS is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hendon in North London from 2010 to 2024. He was previously a member of the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa Governing Council.
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Jon Burgerman
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- 1979-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- illustratorgraphic designer
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Jon Burgerman is an English artist living in New York, US.
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Crista Cullen
- Occupations
- field hockey player
- Biography
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Chay Crista Kerio Cullen is an Olympic Gold Medal-winning English field hockey player.
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Nicholas Buckland
- Occupations
- ice dancerfigure skating choreographer
- Biography
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Nicholas "Nick" Buckland is a former English competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain. With partner Penny Coomes, he is the 2014 European bronze medalist and has won six other international medals. They are also five-time British national champions (2012–2014, 2016, 2018), and they have also competed three-times at the Winter Olympics in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
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Alex Rodman
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- association football playerfutsal player
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Alexander James Rodman is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.
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Ed Macfarlane
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- 1984-.. (age 41)
- Occupations
- musicianrecord producersongwriter
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Edward David Macfarlane is an English singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and the lead vocalist of the English electronic music band Friendly Fires. He is often called by the nickname "Ed Mac" to avoid confusion with his bandmate and guitarist Edd Gibson. He has written, co-written, produced or co-produced all of the Friendly Fires' songs.
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Duncan Baker
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- politicianchartered accountantaccountant
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Duncan Charles Baker is a British Conservative Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk from 2019 until 2024.
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James Bloodworth
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- opinion journalistoratorwriterjournalistblogger
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James Bloodworth is an English journalist and writer. He has authored two full length books, also writing articles for newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian. Much of Bloodworth's work concerns the struggles of working class people, yet he has been praised by both sides of the political spectrum. He lives in London.
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Libor Michálek
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- politicianbrokercivil servanteconomist
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Libor Michálek is a Czech economist, politician, and whistleblower. He led successful corruption cases against the Czech National Property Fund and the Environment Ministry as former employees of both. He was the first Pirate Party candidate to be elected to office in a national legislature. His senatorial term was 2012–2018.
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Mark Simmonds
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- politician
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Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, and was first elected in 2001, succeeding Sir Richard Body. He was re-elected in 2005 and 2010.
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Neal Lawson
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- writer
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Neal Lawson is a British political commentator and organiser.
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Adam Burgess
- Occupations
- canoeist
- Biography
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Adam Burgess is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.
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Glenis Willmott
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionistphysicianmedical researcher
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Dame Glenis Willmott, DBE is a retired British Labour Party politician who served as leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands.
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Adam Leventhal
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- 1979-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Adam Leventhal is an English broadcaster, television presenter and journalist.
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Dan Byles
- Occupations
- ocean rowerpoliticianbusiness executiveexplorer
- Biography
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Daniel Alan Byles FRGS is a former British politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire from 2010 to 2015.
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Lucy Orta
- Occupations
- visual artistsculptorperformance artistartist
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Lucy Orta is an English contemporary visual artist living and working between London and Paris where she has resided since 1991.
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Barry North
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- 1959-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- helicopter pilot
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Air Marshal Sir Barry Mark North, KCB, OBE is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer, who served as Deputy Commander (Personnel) at RAF Air Command. A helicopter pilot, North has held command appointments at all levels, notably No. 78 Squadron in the Falkland Islands, the Special Forces Flight as a squadron leader and the newly established No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group in the Middle East as an air commodore.
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Liz Blackman
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- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Marion Blackman is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erewash from 1997 to 2010. She served as a Government Whip from 2007 to 2008.
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Chris Lee Chun Kit
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- politician
- Biography
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Chris Lee Chun Kit is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pulau Tikus from May 2018 to August 2023. He also served as Member of the Penang Island City Council from 2013 to April 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.
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Nigel Healey
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- economist
- Biography
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Nigel Healey is a British-New Zealand academic in management and higher education. His current research interests are in the internationalization of higher education, transnational education and higher education policy and management.
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Derrick Osaze
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- 1993-.. (age 32)
- Occupations
- boxer
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Derrick Osazemwinde is a British professional boxer. He became Ultimate Boxxer III middleweight champion in 2019.
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Mohammed bin Jasim Alghatam
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- civil servant
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Mohammed bin Jasim Alghatam is a Bahraini politician, engineer, and army veteran. He has held various significant roles, including President of the University of Bahrain and Minister of Education of Bahrain.
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Andreas Schmidt
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- artist
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Andreas Schmidt is a Berlin based artist and gallerist.
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Chris Harrison
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- photographer
- Biography
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Chris Harrison is an English photographer known for his work which has explored ideas of home, histories and class.
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Karen Alison Smith
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- 1973-.. (age 52)
- Enrolled in Nottingham Trent University
- In 1999 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Karen Alison Smith MNZM is a New Zealand management academic. She is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.
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Peter Liddle
- Occupations
- paintersculptor
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Peter Liddle is a British landscape artist and sculptor, known for his allegorical depictions of the British Isles.
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Marc Spackman
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- swimmer
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Marc Spackman is a former England and Great Britain Olympic swimmer who had a successful International career spanning 10 years. Formerly ranked in the World top 20 in the 200 metres Freestyle, he is a current professional Swimming Coach for The Royal Wolverhampton School Swimming Club and a coach on The New York Breakers team in the International Swimming League (ISL).
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James Robert Ford
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- installation artist
- Biography
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James R Ford is a contemporary British conceptual artist.
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Stephen James Newton
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- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- painter
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Stephen Newton is a British artist. The art critic Mel Gooding described Newton's painting as a “psycho-conceptual project”. They explore primitive manic states; isolation; disassociation; loss; fear; loneliness and supplication, themes containing sinister elements common to us all.
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Shane Cullinan
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- 1975-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Shane Cullinan is a composer, arranger and lyricist whose work ranges from compositions for TV and film to orchestral dramas and opera.
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Joe Coombs
- Occupations
- canoeist
- Biography
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Joe Coombs is a British canoe slalom athlete who competed between 2003 and 2014. His results include a Silver Medal at the Junior European Championships in 2009 (team-event), 15th at the ICF Senior Pre-world Championships in 2010, and a UK ranking of 5th.
